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Tesla - One Day Options. Not Your Typical Read

This blog is going to be a tough read because it tries to track Tesla's early morning option trading in the last day of trading in the October 18th 220 series of Tesla Calls. Critics of "one day" options are having a hayday in pointing out these "one-day-to expiring" options are a mockery to concept of sound financial investing. Here is Tesla's premarket trading price in the 220 series of Calls at 9:29 a.m. on Friday Oct. 18th. They are flat. Remember last Friday was an exceptional day for the Tesla stock with it being hit with a $21.14 drop on the day. Do today's traders remember this? Probably not. Why should they? It's a given this stock can be volatile. Option traders playing the downside last Friday on Telsa made out like bandits. Now it's 9:31 a.m.reading. Up only eleven cents. Option traders are in a period of time where they have to deal with early morning trading jitters. Is there a glimmer of hope that this stock might bounce up one
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Looking At One Week Price Swings !

This is a good market for price swings. Look at Boeing last week.
Boeing was up $12.63 on the week.Then there is Eli Lilly. It was up $28.44 last week.
The strange part is falling NYSE stocks outnumbered rising ones, 3-to-2. It is stated that the May job growth seemed to rule out a "near-term" rate cut. Look at the stock McDonalds. It was down $2.68 on the week. What a wild chart.
At the start of the year it was running up nicely on the theme they were adding new restaurants in the growing suburbs of every city in North America. Most recently the theme is that people can't afford to eat there. When sentiment changes looking for a rebound is never an exacting science. Look at Ford. It was up two cents last week and it was announced that sales last month were up 7%. If they are up again next month the stock might start to get noticed.
Had you purchased the 12 series Calls on Wednesday that expired that Friday you would have done well. Look at Nio. It was the third most activity traded stock on the NYSE last week. Ford was the fifth most activity traded stock on the same exchange. Nio often makes the top five list. Last week it dropped $.56 cents. That's a big drop on a stock in this price range.
It could come back up this week. Now look at First Solar. Look at it's one day chart last Friday!
Imagine catching Friday's one day Call options? Now look at it's one week chart. The stock was down $4.42 on the week.
On the wilder side,the "Blink" $3.00 series of Calls that expire this Friday closed last Friday at $.17. Playing options on stocks in this price range is a real crap shoot. See my June 4th blog I wrote about Chargepoint).
Here is it's first option trade of the week.
A 1:45p.m. same day update. The Ford 12 series of Calls has doubled.
Eli Lilly is up $9.61.
First Solar is up $14.41.
All during a period of time when the DJIA is only up 8 points so far on this day! *** Look at how the Blink Calls went on to gain over 50% in one day.

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